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Chatham County, North Carolina Index to Land Entries 1778 - 1780
Copyright © 2020 Debbie Duay, Fort Lauderdale, FL.  All Rights Reserved.
This list is a transcription of the names that appear in the 1778-1780 Chatham County, North Carolina land entries.
Be sure to check ALL POSSIBLE SPELLINGS for a name.
If you find a name,  browse the Chatham County images to find the land-entry number(s).
NOTE:  Images for land-entry numbers with the letter A begin here.
Last Name First Name Year Land-Entry Numbers
Abbott William 1778 398
Adams Thomas 1778 80 666
Akeman Adam 1778 279
Alexander Gideon 1779 722 723 725 726 740
Allen Joseph 1778 3
Alston Joseph J. 1778 14 15 81 208 323
Alston William 1778 201 714 793
Anderson Thomas 1778 512
Andrews Drury 1778 43
Arrington John 1778 90
Ashford William 1778 55
Ashmore James 1778 277
Avent Joseph 1778 491 493
Bagley Nathan 1778 505
Baldwin John 1778 235
Baldwin Samuel 1778 234
Banks James 1779 670 671
Banks John 1778 428
Barber Richard 1778 177 927 934
Barber William 1778 174 175 345
Barber William, Jr. 1779 992
Barbey George 1779 905
Barbey Gray 1778 49 121 284
Barbey Thomas 1778 137
Barefield Daniel 1779 758
Barfield Daniel 1779 758
Barkerville John 1778 118
Barnes Brinsley 1778 494
Barnes Brinsley, Sr. 1778 604
Barnes Jeremiah 1778 574 575
Beasley Ephraim 1778 71 136
Beasley Fender 1778 72
Beasley Henry 1778 70
Beasley William 1778 338
Beaver Michael, Jr. 1778 589
Beaver Rigdon 1778 504
Bell James 1778 149 1011
Bell Thomas 1778 397 844 5-B
Berry John 1779 679
Bird Nathan 1778 271 19-A
Birdsong John 1778 6 313 332 392 713
Bishop Benjamin 1778 466 1012
Black William 1778 360
Bohannan Benjamin 1778 22 133 319 320
Bohannan Duncan 1778 275 276 819
Bohannan Elliot 1778 274 862
Bohannan Richard 1778 182 328 340 917
Booker James 1778 463
Booker John 1778 257 258 259
Bowers John 1778 468
Boyd John 1778 510
Boyle Cornelius 1778 314
Bradley Abraham 1778 263
Bradley James 1779 823
Branson Levi 1783 3-B
Brantley Benjamin 1779 660 661 662 663 665
Brantley John, Sr. 1778 252
Brantley Joseph 1778 4 315 762 990
Brantley Phillip 1778 150
Brantley William 1778 167
Branton Thomas 1778 429 1-A
Branton William 1778 34 874
Brasher Aquilla 1778 514 522
Brasher Thomas 1778 521
Brassell Bird 1779 760
Brassell Henry 1778 18
Brassell Joseph 1778 120
Brassell Lewis 1778 538
Brassell Valentine, Jr. 1778 33 322 803 804 903
Brassell Valentine, Sr. 1778 408 719
Braswell Valentine, Jr. 1778 33 322 803 804 903
Bray Henry 1779 653 654 655 659 688
Brewer Henry 1779 1005
Brewer John 1778 593 21-A
Brewer Nathaniel 1783 1-B
Brooks Isaac 1779 637 638 647 694 781
Brooks Thomas 1778 204 205 358 920
Brooks Thomas, Jr. 1778 449
Brown James 1778 588
Brown John 1779 982
Brown Thomas 1779 968 976
Browning Samuel 1779 743
Bryan Aaron 1778 613 784
Bryan Absalom 1780 11-A
Bryan Nathan 1778 554
Bryan Thomas 1779 955 956
Bryan William 1778 447
Bryant Aaron 1780 1015
Bryant Absolam 1778 249
Bryant Aquilla 1778 337
Bryant Obadiah 1778 179 312
Bryant Thomas 1778 336 359
Buckner Jesse 1778 409
Bullard Thomas 1778 216 385
Burke William 1779 933
Burns John 1778 144 401 546
Burt John, Jr. 1779 748 749 750 751
Busby Thomas 1778 381 382
Byrd Nathan 1778 271 19-A
Cage William 1778 351 389 615 616 1017
Cain Archibald 1778 52
Cain Elisha 1778 24 244 349 779 836
Carter John 1778 79
Caudle Isham 1779 629 847
Cavanaugh Aquilla 1778 5
Cavender Aquilla 1778 5
Chapman Benjamin 1778 342
Chapman Solomon 1778 343
Chapman Thomas 1778 9 423 901
Chapman William 1778 30
Christian Thomas 1778 273 835
Christie Jeremiah 1780 1010
Clanton Charles 1778 91 240
Clanton Reuben 1778 68 69 371 372 585
Clark Alexander 1778 110 1008
Clark Richard 1778 135
Clark William 1778 59 112 734 938 948
Clements William 1779 752
Coaker John 1779 805
Cobb Frederick 1778 467
Cobb Joseph 1779 736 737 738
Cobb Robert 1779 744 745 746 747 755
Cole Joseph 1778 230 231 458 729 787
Cole Thomas 1778 376
Collier Henry 1779 739
Cook Henry 1778 111
Cooper Benjamin 1778 187
Copeland James 1778 237 254 814
Copeland John 1778 302 391
Copeland Joseph 1779 756
Copeland Nicholas, Jr. 1778 362
Copeland Richard 1778 214
Copeland William 1778 29 916
Copeland William, Jr. 1779 831 910
Copeland William, Sr. 1778 368
Cotton John 1778 100
Cotton Seth 1778 28 727
Cox Isaac 1778 303 304
Cox Zachariah 1779 699
Crosswell John 1778 126
Crosswell William 1778 502
Crow James 1779 935
Crump Joseph 1778 53
Crutchfield Henry 1778 518
Crutchfield James 1778 515
Culbertson Andrew 1778 600
Daniel George 1778 598
Daniel Hugh 1778 99 690 691 1019
Daniel Isham 1778 309 482 904
Daniel Marmaduke 1778 545 1002 1003
Davis John 1778 363 824 912
Davis Matthew 1778 101 243 842
Davis William 1778 20
Dawson Hightower 1779 635
Day Joseph 1780 1013
Deaton William 1778 519 520
Dickson Simon 1779 806 807
Dillard John 1778 212
Dillard William 1778 213
Dismuke George 1783 4-B
Ditto William 1778 200
Dixon Simon 1779 806 807
Doane John 1778 295
Doane Joseph 1778 294
Dockery John 1779 632
Doty Benjamin 1778 357
Dowd Conner 1778 203 202 562 563 564
Dowdy Daniel 1778 407
Dowdy Thomas 1778 469 771 991
Dowdy William 1779 730 731 732
Drake Francis 1778 61
Drake Francis, Sr. 1778 60
Drake Richard 1778 77
Drummond Daniel 1778 536
Duckworth Joseph 1778 460
Duncan William 1778 395 587 972 973 974
Durdan William 1778 330
Edmondson Joseph 1778 41
Edwards Ambrose 1778 209
Edwards Edward 1778 25
Edwards Joshua 1778 524
Elkins Benjamin 1778 621
Elkins William 1779 754
Elliott John 1778 42 506 507
Ellis Laban 1778 307
England William 1779 645
Essary Jonathan 1779 773
Evans Aaron 1778 477 478 579
Evans Joseph 1779 800
Faulkner William 1778 390
Ferrington John 1778 256 547 556
Feshee Simon 1778 495 876
Fike Joseph 1778 455
Fike Malachi 1779 718
Flouers Jacob 1778 51 94 353 950 951
Flowers Jacob 1778 51 94 353 950 951
Floyd Edward 1778 227 869 871
Fooshe Simon 1778 495 876
Forrester Thomas 1778 576
Forrester Thomas, Sr. 1779 987
Fyke Malachi 1779 718
Garshimer Phillip 1778 285
George Ambrose 1778 394
George James 1778 325
George Pressly 1778 327 907 908
George William 1778 308
Gifford Henry 1778 129
Gillam William 1779 999
Gilliland John 1778 474
Gilliland Joseph 1779 788
Gilmore Samuel 1779 764
Glasscock George 1779 680 686 687 882 883
Glover Thomas 1779 937
Goldston William 1778 450 451 452
Goodwin Gideon 1778 40 352 516
Graves William 1779 639 640 641 5-A 7-A
Greaves William 1779 931
Green William 1778 268 543 10-A
Greenhern Abraham 1778 226
Gregory Hardin 1778 117
Gregory John 1778 47 416 906
Gregory Thomas 1778 48 116 422
Griffin John 1779 813 913
Griffin Joseph 1778 476 1014
Griffin Lewis 1779 795
Griffin William 1778 373 374
Griffith Roger 1779 656 657 696
Grigery John 1778 416 906
Grigery Thomas 1778 422
Grimes Richard 1778 310 1028
Gunter Isham 1778 145 255 817
Gupton Vincent 1778 185 695
Hackney Joseph 1778 489
Hailey Robert 1779 816
Haley Robert 1779 816
Haley William 1778 222 412 783
Hall Amos 1778 46
Harden John 1779 894 909
Harding Gilbert 1778 503
Harmon Hezekiah 1780 8-A 9-A
Harmon Zachariah 1778 143 253 329 612 669
Harper Jeduthan 1778 78 828 855 993
Harper Travis 1779 689 692 818 840 892
Harrington Sion 1778 290
Harris Benjamin 1778 223 361
Harrod John 1779 926
Hart Sebastian 1779 700
Hart William 1778 420
Hart William, Sr. 1778 421
Harwell Ambrose 1778 66 242
Harwell Lemuel 1778 65 241
Harwood Absalom 1778 377
Hatley William 1778 23 221 281
Haynes Herbert 1780 22-A
Hays Joseph 1778 584
Henderson Herculas 1778 526 527
Henderson James 1778 529 614
Hendricks Jesse 1778 501
Henry Thomas 1778 601
Hensley Thomas 1778 26 479
Herndon George 1778 299 300 627 652 829
Herndon James 1778 459 628 808
Herndon Stephen 1778 153
Herrin Phillip 1778 171 172 609
Hicks Thomas 1779 676
Hightower Austin, Sr. 1778 88
Hill Abner 1778 413
Hill Shadrack 1779 634 845 846
Hill Thomas 1778 293
Hill William 1778 50 483 827 890
Hinsley Thomas 1778 26 479
Hinton Joseph 1778 97
Hogan Daniel 1779 704 705 706 707 708
Hogan Isaiah 1778 107 962
Hogan John 1778 280 386
Hogun Daniel 1779 704 705 706 707 708
Holden James 1778 194
Holder John 1778 262
Hooten Elijah 1779 880
Howard William 1779 942
Howell Robert 1778 264
Howell Thomas 1778 316
Huggins John 1779 782
Hunt Henry 1778 440
Hurley Amos 1778 180 311 20-A
Jean Phillip 1778 473
Jenks William 1779 887 911
Jinks William 1779 887 911
Johnston Francis 1778 620
Johnston John 1779 881
Johnston Joseph 1778 134 925
Johnston Joseph, Sr. 1779 673
Johnston Lewis 1778 39
Johnston Robert 1778 225
Jones James S. 1778 130 321 826
Jones John 1778 131
Jones Matthew 1778 16 138 139 140 161
Jones Nathan 1778 267
Kendrick James 1778 44 122 183 480
Kendrick John 1778 74 481 717
Kennon Richard 1778 157 158 426 427 888
Kinchen William 1778 17 115 664
Kindrick James 1778 44 122 183 480
Kindrick John 1778 74 481 717
Kirk George 1778 228 229
Kirk Joseph 1778 27
Kirksey Gideon 1778 531 532
Lacey Philemon 1778 602 978
Lambeth John 1778 417
Lassiter Hezekiah 1778 387
Lassiter William, Sr. 1778 388 470
Ledbetter John 1778 364 582 1004
Ledbetter William 1778 517
Lee Jesse 1778 146
Lindsay James 1778 475
Lineberger Jacob 1779 648 929
Lineberger Jacob, Sr. 1778 269 270
Little John 1778 414
Luttrell John 1778 108 350 841
Mackenzie Peter 1778 405
Maddox David 1778 625
Maderas Charles 1778 238
Maderist Charles 1778 238
Marley John 1779 682 701 702 703
Marsh Robert 1779 953
Martin William 1778 592
Martin Zachariah 1778 570
Mask Robert 1779 953
Massey James 1778 528
Mathews John 1778 607
Mauldin Benjamin 1778 170 511
Mauldin Richard 1778 346 471 472
May Henry 1778 181
May Joseph 1778 298
McCoy Enoch 1778 571
McDaniel James 1778 95
McIver Alexander 1778 558 559
McManus Lawrence 1778 525
McMaster David 1778 305
McSwain John 1778 530
McSwine John 1778 530
Meacham Jno. 1779 681
Medearis Charles 1778 238
Melton Ancil 1778 383
Melton Jeremiah 1778 508 509
Millen Jeremiah 1778 176
Milton Ancil 1778 383
Milton Jeremiah 1778 508 509
Mims David 1778 219 379
Minter Carey 1778 583 940
Minter John 1778 378
Minter Richard 1778 87
Mitchell Jesse 1779 958
Modglin Newman 1778 550 551
Montgomery John 1778 64 260 947
Moody Jesse 1778 250
Moody Joel 1779 867
Moore John  (alias Shepherd) 1779 802
Moore Joseph 1778 7
Mootry James 1779 715
Morgan John 1778 92 465 850 851 1009
Morpis John 1779 697
Moss John 1778 573
Moutry James 1778 326
Murphew John 1778 533 534 539 541
Murphew Levi 1778 535
Murphy John 1778 406 533 534 539 541
Murphy Levi 1778 535
Myrick Moses 1778 569
Myrick William 1778 411
Nall John 1778 10 11 12 649 650
Nall Nicholas 1778 13 930 1020 1021
Nall Richard 1779 724 741
Nevin John 1778 488
Nolebey James 1779 789 790
Oldham John 1778 354
Osborn Mark 1779 963 965
Osburne Mark 1779 963 965
Pace Stephen 1778 168
Padget Ephraim 1779 957 1016
Pagget Ephraim 1779 957 1016
Palmer Fox 1779 895 896
Parish David 1778 306
Parker Lewis 1779 864
Parker Richard 1778 154
Partridge Nicholas 1779 886 897 1006
Partridge Thomas 1779 861
Patridge Nicholas 1779 886 897 1006
Patridge Thomas 1779 861
Patterson Charles 1778 555
Patterson Gilbert 1778 124 560 561 860
Patterson James 1778 217 446
Patterson Mark 1778 165 166
Pearman William 1778 184
Pearson Starling 1778 596 698
Pegram William 1779 810
Peoples Hugh 1778 581
Persons George 1780 1027
Persons Henry 1779 798 966
Persons Samuel 1779 960
Pettishall John 1778 193 233 757 761
Pettishall Joshua 1779 1001 1024
Pettishall Thomas 1778 399 815
Petty Absalom 1778 211
Petty James 1778 93
Petty William 1778 105 128 577
Phillips Jeremiah 1779 875
Phillips William 1779 877 878
Pickhart William 1778 497
Pilkington John 1780 12-A
Pilkinton John 1780 12-A
Pitts John 1778 21 76
Pitts John, Sr. 1778 282 283
Poe James 1778 151
Poe John 1778 599
Poe Robert 1778 500 981
Pollard Benjamin 1778 496
Potts Joshua A. 1779 710 711 712
Powell George 1779 983
Powell James 1778 334
Powell Nathaniel 1778 178
Powell Stephen 1778 396
Pritchett Thomas 1778 89
Quackenbush Peter 1778 251
Ragland William 1778 580
Ragsdale Richard 1778 606
Ramsey Ambrose 1778 366 848
Ramsey John 1778 73 318 658 728
Ramsey Matthew 1778 232
Ramsour Adam 1778 207 301
Ray James 1778 75
Readenour Joseph 1778 98
Reeves Michael, Jr. 1779 900
Rennolds Peter 1779 774 775 776 777
Reynolds Peter 1779 774 775 776 777
Rhodes William 1778 425 809
Richardson William 1778 198 608
Rickman Robert 1779 971
Riddle John 1778 438 918
Riddle Thomas 1779 898
Rigdon Ephraim 1778 160
Rigdon Stephen 1778 109 610 611 716 825
Rigsby James 1779 975
Roberts Aaron 1779 684
Robinson Thomas 1778 35
Robson Joseph 1779 630 631
Roe John 1778 537
Rogers Isham 1778 499 857
Rogers Josiah 1778 266 617 618 619 797
Rogers Sion 1779 856
Rosen John 1778 96
Rowe John 1778 537
Russell John 1779 721
Russell Robert 1779 914 2-A 3-A 4-A
Rutherford Jno. 1779 863 870 893
Rutherford John 1778 370 852 853 858 865
Rutherford Robert 1778 218
Samford Keen 1778 578
Sanders William 1778 141 142 317 986
Saunders William 1778 141 142 317
Scurlock Mial 1778 106 404
Scurlock Thomas 1779 766 767 768 769 770
Self Bradley 1780 13-A
Self Vincent 1778 45 195 523
Sellers James 1778 36 37 369 544 834
Sellers John 1778 261
Sellers John, Jr. 1778 38
Sellers John, Jr. 1778 448
Sellers Robert 1778 445 549
Shearing Charles 1778 622 623 624
Shuring Charles 1778 622 623 624
Sims Drury 1778 206
Sinclair Peter 1778 173 403 25-A
Sitton Joseph 1778 286
Smith Coleby 1779 812
Smith James 1778 410 594 595
Smith Phelps 1779 720 753
Smith Zachariah 1778 484
Snipes William 1778 355 356 979 980
Spears Robert 1778 164
Speirs Robert 1778 164
Spurling William 1778 498
Steel James 1779 677 678
Steel Thomas 1778 626
Stephens Joseph 1778 103 23-A 24-A
Stephens Samuel 1778 375
Stevens Joseph 1778 103 23-A 24-A
Stevens Samuel 1778 375
Stewart Charles 1778 159
Stewart James 1778 190 191 192 943 945
Stewart James, Jr. 1778 492
Stewart John 1778 155 156
Stewart Joseph 1778 186 453 454
Stewart Samuel 1778 291 292 542
Stewart Spencer 1779 675
Strauther Laurence 1778 487
Strawn Bendall 1778 132 866
Strawn Richard 1778 152 210 400
Strawn Stephen 1778 402
Stroud John 1780 6-A
Stroud Peter 1778 548 557
Sugar Samuel 1779 820
Sypert Francis 1778 246 247
Sypert Thomas 1778 248 859
Tatum Peter 1778 418 419
Taylor Richard 1779 636
Taylor Simon 1778 348
Teague Elijah 1779 683
Templer Benjamin 1779 959
Thackston James 1778 113 114 899
Thomas Evan 1778 278 872
Thomas John 1778 297
Thompson Baalam 1779 667 668
Thompson Jennings 1778 339
Thompson John 1778 62 63 102
Thompson Temple 1779 822
Tomerson Richard 1779 799
Tomerson Simon 1778 415
Tomlinson John 1778 189
Tuder John 1778 341
Vardiman Jacob 1778 344
Wallace Robert 1778 444
Wamock Abraham 1778 58
Wamock John 1778 86 832
Ward John 1779 919
Ward Samuel 1778 540
Ward Thomas 1778 380 26-A
Ward William 1778 365 778
Warthen Richard 1778 439 674
Watson Solomon 1779 830
Watts Benjamin 1778 265 288 367 603 849 939
West George 1778 147
West Ignatious 1778 239 932
Whatley James 1778 443
Wheelas John 1780 1022
White Jacob 1778 605
White John 1778 57 127
Wicker Benjamin 1778 196 197 513 763 821
Wicker James 1778 236
Wicker John 1778 224
Wicker Thomas, Jr. 1778 188
Wicker Thomas, Sr. 1778 393
Wilcox John 1778 82 83 119 169 642
Wilkey George 1779 928
Wilkey William 1778 245
Wilkinson Thomas 1778 590 591
Willett James 1778 572 969 18-A
Williams Abraham 1779 672
Williams Brooks 1778 597
Williams Burrel 1778 54 885
Williams David 1779 977
Williams James 1778 1 104 430 431 432
Williams John 1779 879
Williams Moses 1778 148 220 424 921
Willis James 1778 125 272 486
Willis William 1778 552 553
Wilson Benjamin 1778 67
Wilson Michael 1778 56 759 837 838 868
Wilson William 1778 485
Wimberly Jacob 1778 19 199
Wimberly Lewis 1778 123 902
Wise Reuben 1779 633
Womack Abraham 1778 58
Womack John 1778 86 832
Yarborough Joseph 1778 215
Yarnell Daniel 1778 331
Youngblood James 1778 296 941